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Primary Rules
See South Carolina primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
South Carolina is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
S.C. does not have registration by party. The Statewide Primaries are open to all registered S.C. voters. Poll managers will ask voters, “In which party’s primary do you wish to vote today?”. Voters do not declare affiliation with a party in order to vote in party primaries, but they must choose one party's ballot. Currently, there is no law in South...
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic party will send a total of 63 Delegate Votes (55 Pledged, 8 unpledged) and 5 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The party will use a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Primary...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 50 Delegate Votes (21 district-level, 26 at-large, 3 RNC) and 47 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. All 50 of South Carolina's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to...
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Questions
South Carolina is listed with the following primary type classification: Open.
South Carolina is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
The model lists 63 Democratic delegate votes and 50 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for South Carolina are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Voting in Statewide Primaries and Runoffs and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.